seudah hamafsekes

Meaning

• final meal before a major fast

Alternate spellings

seudah hamafseket, seuda hamafsekes

Usage and context

Commonly used for the pre-fast meal before Yom Kippur and Tisha B’Av, though practices differ.

Example in Yeshivish

We are having the seudah hamafsekes early.

Plain-English example

We are having the final meal before the fast early.